Zimbabwe 114 for 3 (Kaia 59*, Brathwaite 1-5, Motie 1-25) path West Indies 447 for six dec (Chanderpaul 207*, Brathwaite 182, Mavuta 5-140) by 333 runs
With 99 overs misplaced to rain and West Indies managing to attain simply 221 runs in 89 overs throughout the primary two days, they wanted to up the speed to have any probability of forcing a consequence, and Brathwaite took on the cost. He was proactive from the get-go and led to a lot of photographs that are in any other case towards his naturally defensive fashion of play.
He struck Richard Ngarava for 3 successive fours within the third over of the day earlier than slamming Victor Nyauchi for 2 extra. Brathwaite hit six fours in his first 16 balls of the day, and shortly introduced up a 3rd rating in extra of 150 in Take a look at cricket. He was far more agricultural in his shot-making, typically transferring in his crease and searching for gaps on the on facet, with Zimbabwe using a seven-two off-side heavy area.
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